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Wang Baoan, a former vice finance minister, has led the government statistics agency since April 2015

Updated Jan. 26, 2016 7:26 a.m. ET

BEIJING—China’s antigraft agency said it was investigating the chief of the government’s statistics bureau for alleged serious violations of discipline, a term typically used by investigators for corruption charges.

The Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a brief statement on its website Tuesday that National Bureau of Statistics head Wang Baoan had been placed under investigation. No further information was given about the probe.